The Adult Day Hospital is a voluntary, brief therapy, short term, outpatient program, and IOP, that provides intense psychiatric treatment to patients under the supervision of a multidisciplinary treatment team, while engaging them in a wide range of psycho-therapeutic groups. The population served is comprised of adult patients with a treatable psychiatric illness, or if co-occurring, adult patients with a treatable psychiatric illness and a concurrent chemical dependency/substance abuse illness. The program serves patients who require more comprehensive treatment than office level of care, and patients range in age from 18-60+. Program hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 3p.m. for patients Monday-Friday. Staff hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
As a Social Worker (LCSW-C) or Counselor (LCPC) you will:
- Provide a wide range of social work/counseling services to an assigned caseload of patients in support of established treatment plan goals and discharge plans
- Complete a comprehensive psychosocial assessment on each patient assigned at time of admission
- Meet individually with patients on caseload as well as with families and/or significant others to monitor and evaluate progress
- Conduct daily group psychotherapy session for assigned patients; leads a wide array of psycho-therapeutic groups in conjunction with other members of the treatment team
- Communicate all aspects of patient care to treatment team members
Requires: Master's degree in social work, counseling or related field and a MD state license (LCSW-C or LCPC) at time of hire and continually throughout tenure in position. Must have at least 2 years of experience; experience in mental health setting.
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